by CHRIS ROGERS
The auditorium was suddenly filled with raised hands when volunteer Doug Nopar asked, "Who has had Lyme's disease or had an immediate family member with Lyme's?" Director Ryszard Hunka fielded questions from those sufferers after t...
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by AMELIA WEDEMEYER
For a group of 18 Winona Senior High School (WSHS) students, the opportunity to learn from and perform with professional Shakespearean actors is another regular after school activity for the next week and a half.
As part of...
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City reorganizes duties; marshal launches initiative
by CHRIS ROGERS
For days, Winona Fire Marshal Jason Theusch and state fire marshals sifted through the charred and sooty structure, trying to determine the cause of the fire at the Mason J...
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by Judge Dennis Challeen
Have you ever wondered why friends and acquaintances, who are good decent people, think so differently about politics, social issues and religion? You can’t understan...
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Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau a capella group Vocal Point, directed by Ryan Stuempges, will perform at Carnegie Hall in New York on March 29, 2015. The G-E-T High School band and choir will accompany the Vocal Point group on the trip.
Can’t...
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Congratulations are in order for a group of artistically talented Winona Senior High School art students who received high honors in a regional art competition. Students from Sherry Dahlen’s advanced placement senior studio art classes recently...
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Last year the Winona community had the privilege to go see something many little girls only dream about: real, live ballerinas. Ballet Emmanuel, a professional ballet company, visited Winona, and will return again next week.
Since its establishme...
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In a Musical History Tour, Prudence Johnson and Dan Chouinard will bring the culture of Minnesota in the jazz age to life with their original production of “Minnesota in the 1920s: Flappers, Miners and Moonshiners.” The performance will b...
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“BlindSight” examines the photographic imagination of the members of the Seeing with Photography Collective through their pho­tography. Fifteen of the pieces shot by them are on exhibit during the Frozen River Film Festival this week at t...
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The Winona Area Public Schools fourth grade orchestra students had their first concert on Thursday, February 5, at the Winona Middle School. This informal performance, or “Informance,” was just for their families. Students played a few so...
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The Winona Arts Center is pleased to announce “Prints on Ice,” an exhibition of 32 prints by members of Highpoint Center for Printmaking on display through March 15. There will be a reception for the artists on Saturday, February 21, from...
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by ALLISON MUELLER
The Cotter girls basketball team heads into tournament play Thursday with an overall record of 14-11. A great team effort is present at every Cotter game along with consistent drives, three-pointers and kick outs from one player...
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by AMELIA WEDEMEYER
At the end of the 2015 Coulee Conference Gymnastics Tournament, the team title was really only down to two teams — Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau Area (G-E-T), the host of Friday’s tournament, and Viroqua Area.
Both sq...
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by MONICA HILL
The Saints won their first two games of the 1AA sub-sections play-offs, advancing them into the East finals this Saturday afternoon against Caledonia. St. Charles defeated La Crescent last Thursday at home 55-49. That same night Lak...
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by MONICA HILL
The Saints ended their regular 2015 season on a high note, defeating Wabasha-Kellogg at home, 54-47. The team finished the season 14-11, and are preparing to take on Caledonia Thursday night in the first round of the 1AA East Sub-S...
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The Winona Area Basketball Organization (WABO) seventh grade team took first place in Austin, Minn., on Saturday, February 21. WABO beat Rochester Mayo, Rochester Lourdes and Fairmont to claim the title. Pictured from left are (front row) Bennett Hef...
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On Saturday, January 31, 2015, the Centerville Curling Club in Centerville, Wis., held its first ever Outdoor Bonspiel. Dan Lilla and Ron Weltzien built and flooded an outdoor sheet of ice behind the current indoor curling club. Dan had purchased a s...
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